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A 5-year-old passenger was trapped under a 2002 Mercury Mountaineer SUV after being ejected when the vehicle rolled multiple times on Interstate 75 in Grant County.
The Dry Ridge Fire Department was successfully able to raise the vehicle to retrieve the child, who suffered multiple fractures in both legs.

Kentucky State Police dispatch received the call about the single-vehicle crash near the northbound 162 mile marker around 3:30 p.m. Feb. 12.

The Dry Ridge Fire Department and deputies from the Grant County Sheriffs Office were dispatched to the scene.

When the flakes start falling, Barry Marksberry’s day starts early.
Last week, his day began at 4:30 a.m. on Monday when Grant County was blanketed in winter white.

Marksberry’s day (and night) didn’t end until 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 17.
“It was a long 36 hours,” he said, as he prepared to make another swipe on his route, which includes Cynthiana Street, KY 36 and side roads such as Hightower Tebelman, Dark Region and Ashbrook.

Despite narrowly passing the House, a proposed statewide smoking ban could go up up in smoke in the Senate.

The Senate moved House Bill 145, known as the Smoke-Free Kentucky bill, last week to the Veterans, Military and Public Protection Committee.
Senate Majority Floor Leader Sen. Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, has said he does not believe there is much sentiment to pass the bill in his chamber.

(Editor’s Note: The Grant County News publishes all items in police beat that are submitted from each individual police agency. The News does not omit names from police reports.)
Deputy Mike Wright charged Philip A. Frommeyer, 29, of Crittenden, with alcohol intoxication in a public place, at 5:34 p.m. Feb. 17 on Broadway Street. Frommeyer was lodged at the Grant County Detention Center.